Getting back into the SDA-SRS club...

nooshinjohn
nooshinjohn Posts: 25,420
edited January 2012 in Vintage Speakers
Found a set of SDA-SRS 2's for a price that I would be insane to pass by, I will be picking them up on Saturday. These will be stored at a friend's house for a bit, then find their way into my HT setup when we move in a few months. I will post pics soon.:cheesygrin::cool:
The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    edited January 2012
    Jesus, is there a set of speakers you haven't owned :wink:
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited January 2012
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Found a set of SDA-SRS 2's for a price that I would be insane to pass by, I will be picking them up on Saturday. These will be stored at a friend's house for a bit, then find their way into my HT setup when we move in a few months. I will post pics soon.:cheesygrin::cool:

    Welcome back!

    Pin/blade or blade/blade?
    VTL ST50 w/mods / RCA6L6GC / TlfnknECC801S
    Conrad Johnson PV-5 w/mods
    TT Conrad Johnson Sonographe SG3 Oak / Sumiko LMT / Grado Woodbody Platinum / Sumiko PIB2 / The Clamp
    Musical Fidelity A1 CDPro/ Bada DD-22 Tube CDP / Conrad Johnson SD-22 CDP
    Tuners w/mods Kenwood KT5020 / Fisher KM60
    MF x-DAC V8, HAInfo NG27
    Herbies Ti-9 / Vibrapods / MIT Shotgun AC1 IEC's / MIT Shotgun 2 IC's / MIT Shotgun 2 Speaker Cables
    PS Audio Cryo / PowerPort Premium Outlets / Exact Power EP15A Conditioner
    Walnut SDA 2B TL /Oak SDA SRS II TL (Sonicaps/Mills/Cardas/Custom SDA ICs / Dynamat Extreme / Larry's Rings/ FSB-2 Spikes
    NAD SS rigs w/mods
    GIK panels
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,420
    edited January 2012
    Don't know yet on the PP/PB yet, but who cares really. They are SDA-SRS2's for 400 bucks less than a set of 1c's:loneranger:
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • audiocr381ve
    audiocr381ve Posts: 2,588
    edited January 2012
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Don't know yet on the PP/PB yet, but who cares really. They are SDA-SRS2's for 400 bucks less than a set of 1c's:loneranger:

    Come on, how much? :cheesygrin:
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  • helipilotdoug
    helipilotdoug Posts: 1,229
    edited January 2012
    Nice score John!! Love mine, especially after the upgrades!
    Sunfire Theater Grand IV
    Sunfire Cinema Grand Signature
    SRS 2.1TL
    SDA 2BTL's
    CSiA6
    FXiA4
    FXiA6
    SDA 2A's
    Monitor 10A's
    http://www.douglasconnection.com
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    edited January 2012
    audiocr381ve wrote: »
    Come on, how much? :cheesygrin:

    LOL, I doubt he will tell till he has them in hand after the transaction. :wink:
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited January 2012
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    . . . but who cares really . . .

    Well, I kinda do or I wouldn't have asked. Just pure curiousity.

    Sorry to have bothered you during that time of the month. Carry on.

    :mrgreen:
    VTL ST50 w/mods / RCA6L6GC / TlfnknECC801S
    Conrad Johnson PV-5 w/mods
    TT Conrad Johnson Sonographe SG3 Oak / Sumiko LMT / Grado Woodbody Platinum / Sumiko PIB2 / The Clamp
    Musical Fidelity A1 CDPro/ Bada DD-22 Tube CDP / Conrad Johnson SD-22 CDP
    Tuners w/mods Kenwood KT5020 / Fisher KM60
    MF x-DAC V8, HAInfo NG27
    Herbies Ti-9 / Vibrapods / MIT Shotgun AC1 IEC's / MIT Shotgun 2 IC's / MIT Shotgun 2 Speaker Cables
    PS Audio Cryo / PowerPort Premium Outlets / Exact Power EP15A Conditioner
    Walnut SDA 2B TL /Oak SDA SRS II TL (Sonicaps/Mills/Cardas/Custom SDA ICs / Dynamat Extreme / Larry's Rings/ FSB-2 Spikes
    NAD SS rigs w/mods
    GIK panels
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,420
    edited January 2012
    inspiredsports wrote: »
    Well, I kinda do or I wouldn't have asked. Just pure curiousity.

    Sorry to have bothered you during that time of the month. Carry on.

    :mrgreen:

    Sorry to have gotten your panties in a bunch.:cheesygrin:


    Wish I could answer that one, but I have not picked up the speakers yet. The owner had no clue what I was talking about when asked. I do plan on upgrading them to the hilt however. is there a version of these that cannot be TL'd?
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • gimpod
    gimpod Posts: 1,793
    edited January 2012
    Once you've been bitten by the SDA bug there's no going back.:cheesygrin:

    That didn't take long.
    “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” ~ Mark Twain
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  • stubby
    stubby Posts: 723
    edited January 2012
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Sorry to have gotten your panties in a bunch.:cheesygrin:


    Wish I could answer that one, but I have not picked up the speakers yet. The owner had no clue what I was talking about when asked. I do plan on upgrading them to the hilt however. is there a version of these that cannot be TL'd?
    Far as I know, the B/B is the only model that CAN be TL'd.
    SRS 3.1TL
    Harman Kardon Citation 5.1
    Anthem AVM2



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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited January 2012
    Ive got the bi-ampable pin/blade models and have been told that the 194s are all that can be used.:sad:
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  • dpgaloot
    dpgaloot Posts: 26
    edited January 2012
    +1 on the bi-ampable PB. I'll watch the upgrade with interest.
    --
    dpgaloot

    HT: Carver C-19, (2) Carver TFM-35 running as monoblocks, SRS 1.2tl
    2 Channel Audio: VPI Aries I, McIntosh C2300, Carver Black Beauty tube amps, JBL L-220
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited January 2012
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Sorry to have gotten your panties in a bunch.:cheesygrin:


    Wish I could answer that one, but I have not picked up the speakers yet. The owner had no clue what I was talking about when asked. I do plan on upgrading them to the hilt however. is there a version of these that cannot be TL'd?

    I've successfully added 5.8uf caps and RDO198-1's to the 1986 blade/blade model.

    1987 and later pin/blade models can only handle RDO194-1's.
    VTL ST50 w/mods / RCA6L6GC / TlfnknECC801S
    Conrad Johnson PV-5 w/mods
    TT Conrad Johnson Sonographe SG3 Oak / Sumiko LMT / Grado Woodbody Platinum / Sumiko PIB2 / The Clamp
    Musical Fidelity A1 CDPro/ Bada DD-22 Tube CDP / Conrad Johnson SD-22 CDP
    Tuners w/mods Kenwood KT5020 / Fisher KM60
    MF x-DAC V8, HAInfo NG27
    Herbies Ti-9 / Vibrapods / MIT Shotgun AC1 IEC's / MIT Shotgun 2 IC's / MIT Shotgun 2 Speaker Cables
    PS Audio Cryo / PowerPort Premium Outlets / Exact Power EP15A Conditioner
    Walnut SDA 2B TL /Oak SDA SRS II TL (Sonicaps/Mills/Cardas/Custom SDA ICs / Dynamat Extreme / Larry's Rings/ FSB-2 Spikes
    NAD SS rigs w/mods
    GIK panels
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  • helipilotdoug
    helipilotdoug Posts: 1,229
    edited January 2012
    Hey John, here are a couple of links to rebuilding and tl mods on the P/B SRS 2's. The second link is what I did to mine, and they sound wonderful!
    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?74946-SDA-SRS-2-Crossover-Parts-list
    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?111224-And-so-it-begins-SRS2-TL-upgrade-rebuild
    Sunfire Theater Grand IV
    Sunfire Cinema Grand Signature
    SRS 2.1TL
    SDA 2BTL's
    CSiA6
    FXiA4
    FXiA6
    SDA 2A's
    Monitor 10A's
    http://www.douglasconnection.com
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,151
    edited January 2012
    Now those are great speakers that can be found now-a-days for 750.00 or less and are AMAZING!


    Congrats.

    The Blade/Blade version I had took some amperage to power them. As you know, the Carver Sunfire 600/2 Sig. did that very easily.
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited January 2012
    Tony M wrote: »
    Now those are great speakers that can be found now-a-days for 750.00 or less and are AMAZING!


    Congrats.

    The Blade/Blade version I had took some amperage to power them. As you know, the Carver Sunfire 600/2 Sig. did that very easily.

    You bring up a good point. The blade/blade model is 4 ohm, and pin/blade models an easier to drive 8 ohm.
    VTL ST50 w/mods / RCA6L6GC / TlfnknECC801S
    Conrad Johnson PV-5 w/mods
    TT Conrad Johnson Sonographe SG3 Oak / Sumiko LMT / Grado Woodbody Platinum / Sumiko PIB2 / The Clamp
    Musical Fidelity A1 CDPro/ Bada DD-22 Tube CDP / Conrad Johnson SD-22 CDP
    Tuners w/mods Kenwood KT5020 / Fisher KM60
    MF x-DAC V8, HAInfo NG27
    Herbies Ti-9 / Vibrapods / MIT Shotgun AC1 IEC's / MIT Shotgun 2 IC's / MIT Shotgun 2 Speaker Cables
    PS Audio Cryo / PowerPort Premium Outlets / Exact Power EP15A Conditioner
    Walnut SDA 2B TL /Oak SDA SRS II TL (Sonicaps/Mills/Cardas/Custom SDA ICs / Dynamat Extreme / Larry's Rings/ FSB-2 Spikes
    NAD SS rigs w/mods
    GIK panels
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,151
    edited January 2012
    inspiredsports wrote: »
    You bring up a good point. The blade/blade model is 4 ohm, and pin/blade models an easier to drive 8 ohm.

    Before I got the Sunfire, my Onkyo M504 or M502 would get to hot to touch after a prolonged listening session with the 4 ohms drawing that current.

    The Sunfire doesn't even know or care what it powers. It never got more than luke warm no matter what or for how long.
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • helipilotdoug
    helipilotdoug Posts: 1,229
    edited January 2012
    Tony M wrote: »
    Before I got the Sunfire, my Onkyo M504 or M502 would get to hot to touch after a prolonged listening session with the 4 ohms drawing that current.

    The Sunfire doesn't even know or care what it powers. It never got more than luke warm no matter what or for how long.
    +1 on that. Powering my B/B SRS2's with the Sunfire Signature 400/5, and it's got plenty of power to drive them to listening levels way beyond my normal. And OMG the sound!! Huge soundstage, Bass to die for, and so musical! I really do think this Sunfire and the polks are a match made in Heaven! :biggrin:
    Sunfire Theater Grand IV
    Sunfire Cinema Grand Signature
    SRS 2.1TL
    SDA 2BTL's
    CSiA6
    FXiA4
    FXiA6
    SDA 2A's
    Monitor 10A's
    http://www.douglasconnection.com
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  • ShadesPG
    ShadesPG Posts: 89
    edited January 2012
    gimpod wrote: »
    Once you've been bitten by the SDA bug there's no going back.:cheesygrin:

    q4t!
    My Living Room
    2 Channel
    source > Sony DA555ES >
    Kenwood GE-74 > Marantz SR4400 > Rotel RB980BX > Polk SDA2.
    Pioneer VSX-D909S > Carver TFM-25 > Polk SDA1c.
    Pioneer Elite VSX-99 > PSB imageB25.
    Marantz 2226 > Polk SDA CRS.
    Yamaha RX-V690 > Velodyne Servo F1000.
    Home Theater
    source > Onkyo TX-DS898 > B&W CC6 (center), B&W DM603, B&W DM601, B&W Rock Solid (rears), B&W AS6.
    Bedroom
    source > Pioneer Elite VSX-92TXH> ML Quest, B&W DM600 (center), B&W DM601 (rears), Velodyne Servo F1000.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited January 2012
    Gee John! You're STILL in an apartment? I had you figured for a guy who'd have a beach house in Malibu by now and be rubbing shoulders (noses?) with Charley Sheen. Get with the program. You're in Ca. now!??

    And SDAs, again! Aren't you "back-sliding" there! lol

    Have fun!

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

    Polk Lsi-7s, Def Tech 8" sub, HK 3490, HK HD 990 (CDP/DAC), AKG Q701s
    [sig. changed on a monthly basis as I rotate in and out of my stash]
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